Neivamyrmex walkerii

Neivamyrmex walkerii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. walkerii
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex walkerii (Westwood, 1842) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Woitkowskia connectens Enzmann, E.V., 1952

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Type of Neivamyrmex walkerii. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0901963. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• walkerii. Labidus walkerii Westwood, 1842: 77 (m.) BRAZIL (Goiás).
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Meia Ponte, 16.x.1827 (W. Burchell).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in Eciton: Forel, 1895b: 121;
  • combination in E. (Acamatus): Emery, 1900a: 187;
  • combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 17.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1859b: 9; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863: 425; Dalla Torre, 1893: 6; Forel, 1895b: 121; Emery, 1900a: 178 (in key); Emery, 1910b: 27; Santschi, 1920d: 369; Borgmeier, 1923: 50; Borgmeier, 1936: 62; Borgmeier, 1953: 17; Borgmeier, 1955: 445 (redescription); Kempf, 1960e: 388; Kempf, 1972a: 160; Watkins, 1976: 28 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110.
  • Senior synonym of connectens: Borgmeier, 1955: 445; Kempf, 1972a: 160; Bolton, 1995b: 291.
  • Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Peru.
• connectens. Woitkowskia connectens Enzmann, E.V. 1952: 443, figs. 4, 7, 9 (m.) BOLIVIA/PERU border.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: “border of Bolivia and Peru: unspecified locality” (F. Woitkowski).
  • [Note: Enzmann comments that “other specimens have been found in the High Andes in the Satipo Area” (= Peru).]
  • Type-depository: unknown.
  • [Note: Enzmann records that the holotype is “in the author’s possession”; now presumed lost.]
  • Junior synonym of walkerii: Borgmeier, 1955: 445; Kempf, 1972a: 160; Bolton, 1995b: 288.

References

• Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 17, Combination in Neivamyrmex)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 445, Senior synonym of connectens)
• Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)8:173-188 (page 187, Combination in E. (Acamatus))
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Bol. Mus. Para. Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 1: 89-139 (page 121, Combination in Eciton)
• Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
• Westwood, J. O. 1842. Monograph of the hymenopterous group, Dorylides. Pp. 73-80 in: Westwood, J. O. Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. Volume 1, No. 5. London: W. Smith, pp. 65-80, pl. 17-20. (page 77, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
• Borgmeier T. 1936. Sobre algumas formigas dos generos Eciton e Cheliomyrmex (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3: 51-68.
• Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
• Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
• Enzmann E. V. 1952. Woitkowskia, a new genus of army ants. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 59: 442-447.
• Escalante Gutiérrez J. A. 1993. Especies de hormigas conocidas del Perú (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Peruana de Entomología 34:1-13.
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Kusnezov N. 1953. La fauna mirmecológica de Bolivia. Folia Universitaria. Cochabamba 6: 211-229.
• Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp